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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1931.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

DRAWNWORK & EMBROIDERIES

SWATOW TRADING CO-

Established 1910.

› MANUFACTURERS...ØF Swatow Drawn Work

AND

ART EMBROIDERIES

ANNOUNCE

The opening of a branch store At Gloucester Building Arcade

shortly.

Watch this space for further Announcements.

SWATOW TRADING Co.

HEAD OFFICE:-6 Pedder St. Opposite Hong Kong Hotel. 'Phone 23303.

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

The Latest in Gentlemen's Outfiting

AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE PERFECT FIT AND

RELIABLE SUITINGS.

WING HING CO.

Gentlemen's Outattern

64, Queen's Rd. C.

Tel. 21417.

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,

lat floor, No. 74, Queen's Road

Central. Tel. 21255.

TANG YUK, DENTIST

Successor to

the late STEN TING, 14, D'Agullar Street,

TERMS VERY MODERATE' Consultation Free.

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.

THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., LTD. 72, Queen's Road C. Tel. 23270.

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay. New Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L". Solo Agents for Kelvin Motora.

FRUITS.

AMERICAN FRESH FRUITS

Just Arrived

KELSY PLUMS

YELLOW CLING PEACHES

BARTLETT PEARS.

SUNKIST ORANGES

-SUNKIST GRAPEFRUITS

Wholesale, and Retail.

WING COFFEE CO.

189, Des Voeux Rd. C.

Tel 25669.

RELIABLE PRINTING

no order.

400 small

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD. SHIRA MAIL BLDA. • RA, WYNDHAM IT.

PHOTO-SUPPLIES

ake Kodaks and Cameras.. Films, Plates and Papers, etc.

Developing, Printing and --

Enlarging. ZIESS and BUSCH. FIELD GLASSES Price Moderats,

A Trisl Order in Solfelted.

A. SEK & CO.

Tel.: No. 28659, Des Voeux Road, C

LITERATURE

BOOKS for All

Bibles, Pocket Testaments, Prayer Books and Stationery.

General Literature Presentation Books Children's Books a Speciality. THE BOOK & BIBLE DEPOT Wyndham Street. Next to King's Theatre.

Agents for

British & Foreign Bible Society The Religious Tract Society and The League of Nations' Society.

HAIR DRESSERS

LEE YEE,

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers. No. 12, D'Agullar Street, (opposite Queen's Theatre)..

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LIANG YOU

Gentlemen's & Ladies' HAIR DRESSERS.

King's Theatre Building, (D'Aguilar St. Side), Tel. 20315.

200

MEE TICK

BARBER SHOP `. Ladies' & Gentlemen's Hairdressers. No. 76, Queen's Rd. C. 1st floor.

Tel. No. 26497. ›

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

"Phono 22232.

53, Queen's Road Central

SHOES.

or

Poir

Black OT Brown Shoes from $8.00. Black

Brown Boota from 38.00, Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00.

Best styles, most complete stock of all sizes. Repairing a specialty. WONG SIU WOON 21, Pottinger St. Phone 21474.

SPORTING GOODS

ATHLETIC GOODS

REDUCTION SALE NOW ON Inspection Cordially_Invited.

THE

YOU CO.,

70, Queen's Road C.

FOR SALE.

A Selection of the best varieties of RELIABLE AND TESTED Flower and Vegetable SEEDS from Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading Messrs. Toogood & Sons, Ltd., Jim Southampton. «;

Mesars. Arthur Tates & Co., Ltd.,

The opportunity of serving you will be, a pleasure and your commands will Hava dur best:attention,

GRACA, & COM

No. 10, Wyndham Street.

P. O. Ber 020 Hong Kong

THE CHINA MAIL.

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MUSIC · DRAMA ® FILMS.

STRAITS CHINESE MUSICAL TALENT

Massed Performance

Suggested.

A NOVEL IDEA.

cases,

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only now be beginning to take cinematography seriously,

to

FILM HISTORY.

Someone has had the happy idea realize that it can be, and ought of making a complete film record consistently to be, used as a re- of Edinburgh, a city which, for porter of current events. Future

the

National Buddhist Union (each | operation of all associations con- beauty of prospect, combined with generations will probably regard it perhaps with a membership of cerned and would be worth the historical associations, has few as the greatest of twentieth cen- 100), and many, others whose In effort of achievement.

equals in this or any other country. tury historians, certainly as ception, in many

There are few corners of the world most authentic descriptive writer of can be As a preliminary, visualise a traced to the enterprise of massed orchestra of perhaps two where such a film would not be ap- the age, and doubtless the youth of individual members of older hundred of our leading amateurs, preciated, either by those who have A. D. 2000 will severely criticize boleg who have broken away in artistic and original setting, always longed to visit the Scottish their grandfathers for wasting so and formed their own parties, with the remainder of the pro capital, or by those exiles who still much good film on trashy melo- in their own localities, and gramme given over in sections for refer to it affectionately as "Auld drama when they might have used have aunced, their activities until each association to shew their Reekie." But if the living would it to record realities. Morning they are now, if not as well known, individual talents together with a welcome such a picture, how much Post (London),

are quite, if not more efficient than the pioneer Associations and are just as capable of putting up an entertaining show,

massed finale." It would be worth more enthralling it will be, as a With the talkies as its bayle of

doing, and worthy of the hard work record of contemporary life and inspiration, and the aptitude of the

which the enterprise would entall manners, to those still unborn! Straits-born Chinese for modern

to make it an accomplished fact. Edinburgh's 'example is worthy of dance music, it is not perhaps real-

A suggestion of a massed musical One then gets, of course, towards being followed by every city. What ised what a very fine mass perform "festival (I do not like the word the next step which would be a would we not give to-day to be able ¡unce local talent in Singapore could na It implies serious music, which is sort of United Associations in to look back on London as it.ac- produce, and stage, if the various quite in a different category to one, but that, of course, is not a tually Wad fifty, a hundred, local Musical Associations could be that now under discussion, but the new question either, and has al- hundreds of years ago, and not induced to combine their forces and word "show" is almost worse) was ready been discussed, but for have to rely on pan pictures and a organise a sort of mammoth show suggested some years ago but at which perhaps the time is not yet few photographs of drawings. on real modern lines, writes a con-'that time even when there were | quite ripe.

is rather strange that we should tributor in the Malaya Tribune, comparatively few Associations to

Musical Associations are fea- ture in the younger set in Straits- born Chinese social life and, leaving the main idea for the time being. it is interesting to review the rapid growth of such musical societies during recent years, only going back say to about 1926 at which date for all practical purposes the activities of such Associations were governed by the Merrilads, Wales, U.C.M.A. and S.C.A.D.A., who at any rate were the only Associations of their class who were to extent in the glare of publicity or whose services were much in public demand on such occasions as those at which they usually function.

any

To compile a list of associations in being during the year 1931 would take a long time and one has only

bring together,, the accomplishment was thought to be impracticable. What, therefore, would the diffi culties be now with so many Asso- ciationa concerned who would have an equal claim, should they care to take it, in any large enterprise which might be attempted?.

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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

The following unclaimed tele grams are lying at the E.E. Tele- graph Co. Office, Hong Kong:--

Rollam, from Singapore.

W. Stewart, Room 404, H.K. Roliam, from Singapore.

S. LACK,

"M

Manager. Hong Kong, August 27, 1931.

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

One of the difficulties suggested is that each association is out for itself, its own advertisement and a friendly score against its rival. I do not subscribe to this view, which | Beef. Sirtala ........

than Healthy is nothing more

Prime Cat rivalry. I am sure that if the executive could be got together in the first place one of the finest shows ever staged by the Chinese Straits-born community could be put across" which could compete with any show which has been to

to mention off hand the Forget-me-town either on the screen or the Nots, Gaylads, Springdale, Blue legitimate stage.

Star, Mayflower, Marrigold, Silver. The whole question is bound up. Star, Straits Chinese, and Inter in organisation and general

Getting Ready For Banff

Dancing forms an important part

of the program of the anaux) Highland Gathering to be held at Banf, Alta, under the auspices of the Canadian Pacific, Railway, from August 27 to 80, 1931. With the palatial Banff Springs Hotel, built in Scatch baronial style, as head- quarters, competitions in all forma of highland sport, as well as bag- piping and dancing, draw com- petitors from all over Canada and from overens each year. This year, a feature of the piping events will be the inter-regimental competition between representatives of the 17 Highland Regiments in Canada. Juvenile dancers always prove a great attraction, while the evenings will

be rounded out by the presentation of two apocal Ught opera offerings by the resident company at the Band Springs Hotel; namely: "Prince Charming" and "Prizice Charlle and Flora, The glorious Canadian Rockies from an Idea! setting for the picturesque aventu of the Gathering, which has long alace become an historie fixture among Canada's many · Scotch families.

RIGHTS IN LEAD MINES.

Death Of The King's

Barmaster..

The death of Mr. George Eagle, aged 60 years, removes one of his Majesty's best-known barmastera, who protect the King's right to re- ceive a tithe on the lead ore raised in two large areas of the Peak of Derbyshire, known as the King's Field.

'

'Mr. Eagle held the post by ap. pointment, through the Duchy of

ASSASSIN'S TOLL IN INDIA.

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The following, are among recent outrages:-me

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July, 27, 1931-Judge Garlick Dace

Dog Fish shot dead in court at Alipur. to death and Lt. Sheehan wounded

July 28, 1931-Lt. Hext stabbed Eels, Couger

when in a train.

Fresh Water

Yellow

July 22, 1931-Shot fired at Sir Froge

Garoupa Ernest Hotson, Acting Governor of

Gudgeon Bombay.

April, 1991-Mr. James Peddie, Herrings Lancaster, and for twenty years he District Magistrate of Midnapore, Halfbat

had been the King's representative shot.

Labrus

In the case of the mineral royalties December 23, 1930.--Sir Geoffray. Lonch in the Wirksworth Soke and Waten- de Montmorency, Governor of Pun- Lobsters take area.

He had 4,000 derelict. jab, shot at and wounded at Mackeral lend mines on his records, the Lahore.

Lahore.

Monk Fish

Parrot Fish

documents of which weigh more December 9, 1980-Capt. P, W. Mullet than a ton, and from time to time J. McClenaghan shot dead at Dystr attended with his grand jurymen, appointed every alx months, by the Barmote Court to decide on new: claimants.

December 8, 1980.-Lt-Col. Simp. Parch son, Inspector-General of Prisons Pike

Plaice for Bangal,shot dead in his office.

August, 1930, Mr. F. J. Lowman, Pomfret, White Inspector-General of Police, Ben- Pomfret, Black gale thot dead at Doce MTEPH

Bay Hodson, Superintendent of Police,

Rock Plah Younded Attempt to urder Bir

Roach Charles Tegart, Caloutt Follce Valmon Commissioner

The Government fees of the Bar- master for a lead mine is only £165, which includes the payment of two grand jurymon and of the Barmaster. The Barmota, Court sits twice a year to hear disputes, but it is forty years since the grand jury sat on a case. The decision May, 1930. Mr. L. B. Murphy, t of these courts, is as binding as Assistant Superintendent of Police Shrimps

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the High Court at the moment at Mardan, killed while dispersing

The present price of lead is the lowest in forty years, and very

few mines are being worked at a profit

demonstrators.si

February 25, 1980. Lt. G. E. I. Hawkes shot dead at Landi Kotal while asleep.

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